Ok, been playing with the WIFI settings and my iPhone. Problem is while it attempts to connect to the car it never seems to connect properly. I can see the phone registered under WIFI and you can see the car scanning through the media of the phone, it can't actually play anything. Probably Apple blocking such access...

Setting up Connection & DLNACar
1. Settings - Connections - WIFI
2. Scroll to WIFI key and change the key to something memorable (optional)
3. Scroll to Connect new Device
4. Go to Phone (or laptop) wifi settings and add new wifi with settings currently on show in the car.
5. Once connected your phone will show under the Connected Devices / Paired Devices
6. Scroll to the phone and press the options button from iDrive
7. Ensure Music and Video is ticked. (Video wasn't enabled by default)Phone
8. Install a DLNA App on the phone. I used Pixel Media Server https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...51bGwsMSwyLDNd
9. Run the app, and choose a folder where you will copy your videos. I chose the SD Card Folder
10. Copy your media files to the folder on the phone
11. Start the DLNA server on the phone using the Play button.Car
12. Go to Multimedia. After step 11, you will see your phone's DLNA server in the list next to the WIFI symbol
13. From here it will play the last item or show you the folder structure of your phone. Navigate to the correct folder and play your media!!!

Can't utilise the Zoom feature as found under DVD Section but fills most of the screen after a few seconds...

Haven't done a full check as to what fomats will play, but as it's DLNA most should play!

NBT? You mean the latest iDrive set ups we have in the F3x? If so then I believe it's always been possible. I could only play DVDs on my 2011 E91 with Pro Media but all the F3x I've driven with Pro Media could play video off the USB. I have a rather good Skyfall BD rip on mine atm

NBT? You mean the latest iDrive set ups we have in the F3x? If so then I believe it's always been possible. I could only play DVDs on my 2011 E91 with Pro Media but all the F3x I've driven with Pro Media could play video off the USB. I have a rather good Skyfall BD rip on mine atm

This doesn't take away from your previous coding trickery though!

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Originally Posted by RichardM

I have lots of videos on my 32gb USB stick and this was the reason I wanted to enable video in motion. Works perfectly.

One of the test vids was a 720p mkv file, so would require a beefy processor. Car was playing it nicely!

Not sure i have the discipline to not watch a movie while in motion though. So my rule is to play cartoons / animated films etc for my 2 children while driving.

Now if it was only a powered usb port, i'd stick an external drive in there. lol

No wonder the Pro Media is £2k. Think BMW need to market this properly. It's effectively a PC in a car. You can go on the net, sat nav, watch movies.

Apart from the odd video that comes bundled with albums on iTunes I run huge 1080p MKVs through RipBot and take them down to 2GB MP4s. They look superb.

I have the pro nav....I have put an mp4 video file on my USB stick and tried it in the car but it doesn't play the video....am I missing something here....would love to be able to play video for my grandson....can't beat a bit of bob the builder on the move !

I have the pro nav....I have put an mp4 video file on my USB stick and tried it in the car but it doesn't play the video....am I missing something here....would love to be able to play video for my grandson....can't beat a bit of bob the builder on the move !

I wonder if the 1st part of the coding mentioned above enables certain formats to play through the USB...

I never tried before the coding so don't know..

Try putting some music on the same USB stick to confirm there is nothing wrong with the stick...

I would not consider Video in Motion.
In the event that you are (innocently) involved in any serious incident this could be detected. The thought of people I share the roads with having video on while driving frightens the living daylights out of me.

It's interesting that if somebody puts a post up here saying some **** has scratched their car the messages that follows are vitriolic.
Somebody suggests video in motion and they gain plaudits.

I would not consider Video in Motion.
In the event that you are (innocently) involved in any serious incident this could be detected. The thought of people I share the roads with having video on while driving frightens the living daylights out of me.

It's interesting that if somebody puts a post up here saying some **** has scratched their car the messages that follows are vitriolic.
Somebody suggests video in motion and they gain plaudits.

Hope it never happens to you or anyone you know!

I only have the cartoons etc playing for the Kids. I would be too tempted to watch if i had a movie on...

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Originally Posted by Rodders123

I already have plenty music with art work on the USB stick and it all plays fine....I'm somewhat confused (doesn't take much) re the "coding".....is this like jailbreaking the I drive system?

No, it's changing settings normally only available to BMW. You need specific software and cables to do this... Check the Coding section of this Forum

I also have no intention of ever watching anything whilst driving. I just wanted to disable the need to put the car in park and put hard brake on to watch something if I was stationary in traffic. If the ASS has kicked in the car won't restart automatically once it goes in park so it takes a while to get going again.